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Reference numberPT/11/17
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Note reflecting the demonstration of the binomial theorem inserted in the last volume of the Philos [Philosophical] Transactions' by Thos [Thomas] Knight
CreatorKnight; Thomas (1775–1853); mathematician
DateMarch 1817
DescriptionAccompanied by a letter from Thomas Knight to Taylor Combe at Somerset House in London, dated 6 March 1817. Paper dated 3 March 1817.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Note respecting the demonstration of the binomial theorem inserted in the last volume of the Philosophical Transactions'.

Written by Knight in Papcastle. Communicated by Taylor Combe. Read 17 April 1817.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0060
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1817.0018
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3167Combe; Taylor (1774 - 1826)1774 - 1826
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